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MACHINE FOR WRAPPING, FOLDING, AND ADDRESSING NEWSPAPERS, 8L0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 586,327, dated July 13, 1897.

Ap lication filed March 17, 1896.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, LEE A. AGNEW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for lVrapping, Folding, and Addressing Newspapers and other Sheets, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates more particularly to means for automatically folding or doubling newspapers and the like a sufficient number of times to convert the same into a convenient form for mailing and to inclose the same in a suitable wrapper and print the name of the subscriber or addressee thereon while passing through the machine and while the papers are being automatically fed one at a time to the folding'mechanism.

One of the objects of my invention is to improve the paper or sheet feeding mechanism, wherebyits allotted function of feeding a single paper at a time without disturbing the others will be rendered accurate and certain.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide simple and eifective means for automatic ally maintaining a large supply of papers within reach of the feeding mechanism.

Another object of my invention is to improve the arrangementof the clamps or pockets of the paper-foldin g mechanism, whereby a greater number than heretofore of the same in a given space or radius may be employed.

Another object of my invention is to auton1 atically clip off the slip or galley'sheet hearing the names and addresses of the subscribers or add ressees and paste the same upon the folded and wrapped papers as theycome from the folding mechanism; and a still further object of my invention is to prevent the op eration of the addressing-machine in the event the paper should failto reach it at the proper time, whereby the danger of skipping a subscriber or addressee or of failure to secure each name and address to a folded paper will be avoided.

\Vith these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts by which the said objects and certain other objects hereinafter appearing are ac complished, all as fully described with refer- Serial No. 583,527. (No model.)

ence to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawings, Figured is a side elevation of my improved apparatus, showing the lower portion thereof broken away and certain intermediate portions of the feeding mechanism omitted for the sake of com pactness. Fig. 2 is the lower half of the machine, viewing it in side elevation, as in Fig. 1, showing the parts omitted in such figure. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe machine with the lower portion thereof broken away and also a part of the paper-elevating device omitted, looking to the side opposite that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan section taken on the line 44, Figs, 1 and 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, partly broken away, taken on the line 5 5, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view, partly broken away, taken on the line 6 6, Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 7 is a plan view, partly broken away. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail view of the wrapper cutting and feeding rollers shown in vertical section.

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the wrappercutting knife. Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional view of the wrapper-reel, showing the wrapper thereon. Fig. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, partly broken away. Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail view of the form of clutch and releasing mechanism therefor hereinafter described, shown in section on the line 12 12, Fig. 13. Fig. 13 is a side elevation of such'clutch. Fig. 14 is an enlarged detail view of one of the feeders for sliding the papers from the paper-elevating mechanism, showing the same in the act of engaging with one of the papers. Fig. 15 is a view of the same, taken at right angles to Fig. 14 on the section-line 1.5 15, Fig. 14. Fig. 16 is a detail view of one of the sprocket-wheels and chains or belts constituting a part of the paper elevating mechanism, showing the guideways or tracks for the platforms of such elevator in section on the line 16 16, Fig. 17. Fig. 17 is a sectional view of the same, taken on the line 17 17, Fig. 16. Fig. 18 is a detail view of the addressing mechanism, partly in section and partly broken away. Fig. 19 is a detail view of the eccentric for operating said addresser, as hereinafterdescribed. Fig. 20.is a detail perspective view of the feeding-roller and paste-tapes of the said addresser, drawn on an enlarged scale and showing a portion of the galley-sheet. Fig. 21 is a front elevation of said addressing mechanism; and Fig. 22, Sheet 2, is an enlarged detail view of one of the clutch members and releasing mechanism employed for controlling the paper-elevating device.

In my present invention the papers are stored on a continuous elevator, which automatically presents the uppermost paper to suitable feeding mechanism, which effects the introduction of the papers one at a time to traveling tapes, which carry them under a folding-knife which descends upon each paper and carries it, togetherwith the wrapper, (automatically placed thereunder by suitable mechanism,) across the path of a second folding-knife, in the meanwhile producing the first fold. The second knife strikes the paper at an intermediate point and forces it into one of a series of clamps or pockets and then recedes therefrom, thus producing a second or final fold. The paper thus held in the clamp or pocket with the lap of the wrapper projecting therefrom is carried by such clamp or pocket to a lap-paster upon the lap-support of which the lap falls and is then descended upon by the paste-applying device. The continued movement of the clamp or pocket withdraws the lap from the paste-applying device and presents the paper and wrapper to a lap-smoothing device or brush under which and from the clamp the paper is forced by automatic means, which in thus carrying the wrapped paper under the brush causes the gummed lap to be tightly smoothed back and secured in place.

From the smoothin g-brush the wrapped paper is conveyed by an automatically-operat ing conveyer to a proper position under an addressing apparatus, which automatically clips from a galley-sheet a slip bearing the name or other matter to be affixed to the wrapped paper and pastes the same upon the wrapper, the addressing-machine being adapted to feed forward a galley-sheet containing'the names and addresses the distance of one name at each operation and to simultaneously shear off the end of such sheet and press it against the wrapper, the under side of the galley-sheet having in the meanwhile been coated with a suitable paste or adhesive. To prevent the operation of the shearing and feeding mechanism of the addresser and the consequent loss of a name in the event the paper should fail to reach the addresser, the latter is provided with a projection upon the oscillation of which the shearing and feeding mechanism depend for their operation and which projection depends for its oscillation upon engagement with the paper.

Of these various groups of mechanism constituting my invention the means for elevating the supply of papers into the reach of the feeders will be described first.

The papers 1 to be folded, wrapped, and addressed are placed in large numbers at a clearly in Fig. 4, so that each pair of diametrically opposite platforms in the two series will constitute a single shelf upon which the papers 1 rest and upon which the pile of papers may be placed from the outer or righthand side when viewed as in Fig. 4, the papers when so placed bridging the space 4 between the platforms 2 and These platforms 2 and 3 are secured at suitable intervals throughout the entire length of verti- I cally-arranged endless belts or chains 5 in such a manner that when the chains are driven the platforms in the two series will rise together and carry the supply of papers upward as the latter are Withdrawn by mechanism hereinafter described, and as each pair of platforms is emptied they pass over the upper turn of the chains in opposite directions and descend on the outer fold or lap of the chains to the lower ends or turns of the latter, when they again rise together on the inside and constitute a single shelf or platformforsupportingthepapers. These'chains 5 are four in number, arranged in pairs, one pair for each series of the platforms 2 and 3. One pair of the chains 5 is supported and driven by two pairs of sprocket-wheels 6 7, respectively, while the other pair of chains 5 is supported and driven by two pairs of sprocket-wheels 8 9, respectively, the lower pairof sprocket-wheels 6 being mounted upon and secured toa horizontal shaft 10, while "the othcrlower pair 8 is secured to a similar shaft 11. These shafts 1O 11 are provided with miter -gear connection 12 13, respectively, witha line-shaft 14, whereby'the shafts and 11 are simultaneously and uniformly rotated in opposite directions. Each of the upper pairs of sprocket-wheels 7 and 9 is secured, respectively, to shafts 15 16. The shafts 10 and 15 are journaled in the lower and upper ends, respectively, of two standards 17 18, While the shafts 11 and 16 are journaled in the lower and upper ends, respectively, of two standards 19 20. (See Fig.4.)

The platforms or supports 2 3 may be secured to the chains 5 in anysuitable manner, but they preferably have pivotal connection therewith, so as to readily follow the outlines of the chains. be effected by providing each platform at each end with a bracket 21, which, though rigidly attached to the platform, is pivotally connected at 22 to one of the links of the chain 5. The platform is held at substantially rightangles to the chain 5 by a continuous track or guideway 23, formed on the inner face of each of the standards or uprights 17 18 19 20 (see Fig. 1'7) and receiving two lugs or antifriction-rollers 24c 25, journaled at opposite ends of the bracket21, so that the bracket is compelled to remain substantially in line with the guideway 23, and

This pivotal connection may inasmuch as the guideway 23 is located opposite and substantially parallel with the chain belt 5 the platform 3 will at all times be at substantially right angles to the chain, and by virtue of its pivotal connection to the chain it may follow the chain around the sprocket-wheels withoutinterference. I have shown the standards 17 18 19 20 provided with overlapping side flanges or hoods 26, which extend over the sprocket wheels and chains, as shown in Fig. 17, and shield the papers on the platforms 2 3 from contact therewith.

The line-shaft 14 is provided at one end with a worm-wheel 27, with which engages a worm 28 on a continuously-rotating transverse shaft 29. The worm 28 is sleeved loosely upon the shaft 29 and is connected to one member 30 of a clutch, which member is also loose upon the shaft 29 and is provided with a lug 31, pivoted at 32 to the member 30 (see Fig. 22) and having an arm 33, connected by spring 34 to the member 30 and tending to normally hold the end of the lug 31 in the path of a fixed lug 35 on the other member 36 of the clutch, which latter member is permanently attached to the shaft 29, so that the rotation of the shaft 29 will also cause the rotation of the worm 27, and the consequent elevation of the platforms 2 3, as long as the spring 34 is permitted to hold the end of the lug 31 in the path of the lug 35. In order, however, that the platforms 2 3 of the elevator may rise only as fast as the papers are removed from the elevator and a distance at each movement equal to the thickness of a single paper, I locate above the platforms 2 3 a trip consisting of an arm 37, adapted to rest upon the pile of papers, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3, and being first projected outwardly over the pile of papers and then brought inwardly, so as to rest upon the papers near their folded edges, where they are most rigid, and at the same time maintaining the proper amount of leverage, the lower end of the trip 37 being provided, if desired, with an antifriction-roller 38. This trip 37 is secured to a shaft 39, which in turn is provided with a crank-arm 40, attached by an upright rod 41 to one arm, 42, (see Fig. 22,) of a pivoted bell-crank lever,

whose other arm, 43, is provided with a lip or lug 44, arranged to engage under the arm 33 and throw the lug 31 out of engagement with the lug 35. Hence it will be seen that as soon as the uppermost paper is removed from the pile the weight of the trip 37 will cause the trip to gravitate upon the next paper, and in so doing will elevate the rod 41 and throw the bell-crank 42 43 into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 22, thus releasing the arm 33 and permitting the spring 34 to throw the lug 31 into the path of the lug 35 and thereby instantly start the elevator into operation, which will continue to raise the supply of papers until the uppermost one has raised the trip 37 far enough to again throw the lug 44 of the bell-crank 42 43 into the line of movement of the arm 33 and disengage the lugs 31 35,-whereupon the ascension of the papers will cease. In order that the platforms 2 3 may rise and pass around the upper turns of the chains and down on their outer folds, as described, the trip 37 is located on the shaft 39 over the space 4 between the ends of the platforms.

The papers are slid from the described elevator or paper-holding mechanism and fed to the folding mechanism by means which I will now describe. Projecting over each of the platforms 2 3 at a point slightly above that at which the papers are removed is a pair of rods or bars 45, arranged one above the other and supported at their ends by depending hangers 46, formed on supports or portions 47, secured to one side 48 of the main frame. These rods constitute guides or ways for carriages 49, which carry and reciprocate the feeders. These carriages preferably consist of blocks, as shown in Fig. 14, having sleeves 50, through which the rods 45 respectively pass. The feeders consist of one or more needles 51, and these are mounted in the ends of downwardly and forwardly inclined arms 52, which are in the form of bell-cranks and which are forced normally downward, so as to cause the needles 51 to engage with the papers 1 by means of springs 53, secured to the carriages 49 and to the other arms 54 of the bell-cranks. The needles 51 may be secured to the arm 52 in any desired manner such, for instance, as by means of a clamp 55. The downward movement of the arm 52 is limited by a pin or stop 56, whereby the needles are prevented from penetrating through the upper paper into the next paper below. These carriages 49 are reciprocated back and forth on their guideways 45 by means of a pair of crank-arms 57, secured to a horizontal shaft 58 and having links 59 pivotally connecting them with the carriages 49, whereby the oscillation of the arms 57 will cause the carriages 49 to first pass outward over the papers 1 and then return and in making the return movement cause the needles 51 to engage with the uppermost one of the papers and slide the same off the pile. The rockshaft 58 is journaled in standards 60 on the frames or supports 47 and is provided with a crank-arm 61, which is connected by a knuckle-joint to an upright connecting-rod 63, whose lower end is connected by a similar knuckle-joint 64 to one end of a lever 65, pivoted on a boss 66 to the side member 48 of the main frame, the other end of such lever being provided with an eccentric-strap 67, partially embracing an eccentric or cam 68 on the main driving-shaft 69.

Just before the carriages 49 reach the limit of their forward or advancing stroke the arm 54 of each of the bell-cranks 52', carrying the needles 51, comes into engagement with a pin or trip 70, secured to the upper'one of the guide-rods 45, and thereby throws the needles out of engagement with the papers 1 and places the bell-crank 52 54 in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 14. As soon as the bell-crank assumes this position its arm 54 is automatically engaged by a latch 71, pivoted at 72 to the carriage 49 and havinga tooth or notch 73, adapted to engage behind the arm 54, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 14. The carriage 49 thus returns to its outer position over the papers 1, and just before reaching the limit of this return movement a trip 74, which is secured to each of the frames 47 and projects downwardly in the form of a hook into the line of movement of an upturned end 75 on each of the latches 71, engages the latch, so that when such end 75 reaches the trip 74 the latch will be raised in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 14 and the feeding-needles again allowed to engage with the papers 1, the latch 71 being held normally downward against the arm 54 by means of a spring 76.

77 represents a board or bar extending athwart the machine and supported by or between the standards 17 19 and serving to prevent the friction of the uppermost paper as it-slides from the pile from also pushing the lower papers in the direction of movement of the feeders, and in order that the possibility of this objectionable result taking place maybe still further guarded against I provide the bar 77 with a retarder, which is in the form of a flexible strip 78, extending along the upper edge of the bar 77 and having its upperedge tapered or attenuated, and projecting not only above the second paper from the top but also into the same plane with the toppaper and into its line of movement as it slides from the pile, so that in order for the top paper to leave the pile it will be necessary -to deflect or depress the retarding-strip 78 in the manner shown in Fig. 14. Hence, even though by some accident or imperfection in the operation of the elevator two papers should be raised sufficiently far above the bar 77 to permit the friction of the top paper to slide the one immediately below it, the retarding-strip 78 would oppose the movement of the lower paper with a force greater than the force of the friction caused by the movement of the top paper, and hence the lower paper would remain in the position shown in Fig. 14 until raised by the elevator to the level of the present top paper and pushed forward by the feeders 51. The retarding-strip,

7 8 may be composed of india-rubber, leather, or other suitable flexible material.

Arranged opposite and substantially on a level with the top paper in the uppermost pile of papers is a series of horizontal belts or tapes 79, mounted at one end upon rollers 80, secured to a horizontal shaft 81, which is journaled in upward-extensions S2 83 on brackets 84 85, respectively, secured to the side member 48 of the main frame. The shaft 81 derives its motion from a pulley 86, driven by a miter-gear 87 with the main shaft 69 and conone end of the shaft 81 is a short shaft 94,which has its outer end j ournaled in the extension or standard 82, whereby it is supported overthe shaft 81 at the outer side of the line of movement of the carriage 49, and over the other end of the shaft 81 is journaled asimilar short shaft 95, which has its outer end journaled in and supported by the extension or standard 83 in the manner described for the shaft 84. Each of these shafts 94 95 is provided with one or more tape pulleys or rollers 96, around which pass tapes or belts 97, arranged "immediately over and running parallel with two outer tapes of the series of tapes 79. The other ends of the tapes 97 pass around rollers 98, mounted upon a shaft 99, arranged directly over the shaft 91 and being journaled in the upper ends of the brackets 92. (See Fig. 6.) The shafts 91 and 99 are geared together by a pair of pinions 100, so. that the motion of the lower series of belts 79, imparted to the pulleys or rollers 90, will be communicated to the upper shaft 99, and hence to the upper series of tapes 97. By this means the tapes 79 97 are driven in unison and in the same direction, and the contiguous folds of these two series of tapes traveling, as they do, away from the feeders 51, they will receive the paper advanced by such feeders and, continuing the motion of 'the paper in the same direction, will carry it away from the needles or feeders when the movement of the latter ceases, even though the described mechanism for releasing the needles 51 should fail to operate the instant the bodily movement of the needles ceases.

The tapes 79 97 carry the paper, as shown at 101, to a position immediately over a slotted support or table consisting, preferably, of a pair of rollers 102, secured in any suitable manner to the side members 48 93 of the main frame and being located immediately below the lower series of tapes 79, there being a gap in the series of tapes 79 immediately over the slotted support 102, as shown more clearly in Figs. 5 and 7. The purpose of this table or support 102 is to support the paper'lOl while it is struck and doubled bya rising-and-falh ing folding knife or blade 103, which descends between the rollers 102 and doubles the paper while forcing it downward and pulling it from between the tapes 79 97, as will be understood. This folding-knife 103 has its end secured to blocks 104, mounted in vertical guideways 105 in a pair of standards 106, which standards are secured, respectively, to yokes 107, extending across and supported upon the side members 48 93 of the main frame. Pivoted to each of the blocks 104 by means of a pivot 108, which passes through the slotted guideway 105, is a short link 109, whose other end is pivotally connected to an arm or lever 110. These arms or levers may, if desired, be secured together, so as to be rendered more rigid, by a tie rod or bar 111. Their outer ends are secured to a rocker-shaft 112, journaled in extensions 113 of the yokes 107 and being provided at one end with a crank-arm 114, which is connected by an upright .connecting-rod 115 with a wrist-pin 116 on a crank-disk 117, secured to the main shaft 69, so that at each rotation of the main shaft the folding knife or blade 103 will descend upon the paper, as described, and then rise to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 6.

As shown in Fig. 5, a second table or slotted support is located immediately below the slotted support 102. This second table or support is for holding the wrapper 118 under the paper 101, while the knife descends upon the latter and forces it downward. This second support or table also preferably consists of a pair of rollers 119, arranged under and parallel with the rollers 102 and secured to the side members 48 93 of the main frame. The wrapper is stored upon a storing-reel, as shown at 120, preferably in an endless or continuous form, and it is carried from such reel under an idler 121, and thence between a pair of cutting-rollers, such as shown in Fig. 8, which are designed to partially sever the strip 118 at certain intervals equal in length to the length or width of the wrapper. One end of the cutting-rollers 122 is provided with a knife 123, having a mutilated edge, as shown at 124, Fig. 9, so as to only partially sever the strip 118. The other roller 125 is provided with a block 126, having a groove 127 for receiving the knife-edge 124. The knife 124 is preferably embedded in a yielding backing 128, which serves the purpose of a stripper for compelling the wrapper to leave the edge of the knife after it has turned sufficiently far to disengage from the groove 127. From these rollers 122 125 the wrapper passes between a pair of friction-rollers 129 130, the rollers 122 125 129 130 being mounted in brackets 131, secured to the side member 93 of the main frame. These rollers 129 130 are provided with peripheral grooves 132, in which run a series of tapes arranged one above the other and traveling in the same direction and serving to convey the wrapper to a position over the wrapper table or support 119 and under the paper 101 when struck by the folding-knife 103. The upper series of these tapes for the wrapper is shown at 133 and the lower series at 134. The rollers 129 130, being pressed against the sheet 118 and cont-inuously rotating, will completely sever the wrapper from the strip 118 the instant it is punctured by the knife 124 and the rollers 122 125, which are driven intermittently by means presently described, have ceased to rotate. The other ends of the tapes 133 134 pass around tape-rollers 135 136, respectively secured to the inner side of the side member 48 of the main frame, as shown in Fig. 5. Each of these rollers 135 136 is mounted orjournaled in the brackets 137 138, secured to the frame 48, and each is reduced in size or cut away where it crosses the space between the tables or supports 102 119, so as to avoid being in the line of movement of the folding-knife 103. The reduced portion of the roller 136 passes behind the boss or bracket 139, in which the rollers 119 are mounted. This reduced or cut-away portion of the rollers 135 136 would, of course, be unnecessary should they be moved farther to the right, as viewed in Fig. 1.

The wrapper-reel is mounted in arms 140, provided with adjusting screws 141 for rectifying the alinement of the wrapper or strip 118 with the tapes 133 134, and in order that the rotation of the reel 120 may cease when the pull upon thestrip 118 ceases the shaft 142 of the reel may be provided with any suitable friction-hold with the paper or strip wound thereon. As shown in the drawings, the screws 141 have their ends abutting against the ends of the shaft 142, so as to be capable of adjusting such shaft, the shaft being held from turning by its squared ends fitting in the squared sockets in the brackets 140, as shown, and mounted upon the shaft is a pair of cones 143, which fit into the roll of paper, as shown in Fig. 11, and revolve on the shaft 142 with the roll. This rotation, however, is rendered sluggish by a pair of springs 144, bearing between each of the cones 143 and the fixed collar 145 on the shaft 142.

The cutting-rollers 122 125 are geared together by pinions 146 at one end, while the roller 125 at the other end is provided with a loose gear-wheel 147 and a fixed disk 148, (see Fig. 7,) which constitute, respectively, the two members of the clutch. The disk 148 is provided with a pivoted lug 149, which is provided with a releasing-arm and which is the same in operation and construction as the lug 31 and arm 32, before described with reference to Fig. 22. The gear 147 is provided with a fixed lug or pin 151, which is adapted to strike the pivoted lug 149 while the latter is in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 12, and thus impart the motion of the gear 147 to the disk 148 and finally to the rollers 122 125. Arranged under the releasing-arm 150 is a stop 152, pivoted to the frame 131 at 153 (see Fig. 12) and being in the form of a bell-crank whose upper end is adapted to be pushed into the path or line of movement of the arm 150 and cause the disengagement of the lugs 149 151. The other end of this bell-crank 152 is connected by knuckle 154 to a rod 155, whose lower end is attached by knuckle-joint 156 to a horizontal lever 157, pivoted at 158 to the frame 93 and carrying at its other end a stud or roller-159, which is engaged by a cam 160, secured to the back of a gear-wheel 161, mounted on short shaft 162 and deriving its motion from gear 163 on the main shaft 69, so that at each rotation of the cam the bell-crank stop 152 will be thrown out of engagement with the releasing-arm 150 and the clutch members 14:7 148 engaged and caused to rotate the cutting-rollers 122 125. The gear 147 derives its continuous motion from a pulley 16%, mounted upon a short shaft 165, journaled in a bracket 1.66, (see Fig. 7,) the shaft 165 being provided with a pinion 167, permanently in mesh with the gear-wheel 147. The pulley 164: is driven bya twisted belt 168, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and partially in full lines in Fig. 6,) passing around a pulley 169, secured to shaft 170, journaled across the lower ends of the frame members 48 93 and deriving its motion from the main shaft 69 through the intermediary of two pulleys 171 172,-1nounted on said shafts 69 170, respec tively, and connected together by belt 173.

In order that the tapes 133 may be depressed sufficiently to prevent their upper folds from coming into engagement with the lower folds of the tape 79, an idler 17 1 may be arranged to bear thereagainst, as shown in Fig. 8, and in order that the lower lap of the lower tapes 134: may be held up out of the way of the mechanism below the label-table 11 9 a similar idler 175 is arranged to bear thereagainst, as shown in said Fig. 8.

The folding-knife 103 is arranged to strike the paper 101 substantially at its mid-length, but in order that the end of the wrapper may project in the form of a lap to be lapped around onto the other end of the wrapper the wrapper is held in such a position under the folding-knife that the latter strikes it to one side of its center. For this reason the wrapper and paper supports or tables 102 119 are located to one side of a line passing through the mid-length of the wrapper-tape rollers 136, as shown in Fig. 5. When the folding-knife 103 descends upon the paper 101 and the wrapper thereunder, while the two are held by their respective series of tapes, the paper and the wrapper are forced downward between the rollers 102 119 in a double form and they rest against a vertical wall or partition 176, arranged to one side of the line of movement 'of the folding-knife 103, but in a plane parallel therewith. The wall 176 is provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 177, as shown in Fig. 5, through which the paper is forced and again doubled by a horizontally-reciprocating folding knife or blade 178, the opening 177, if desired, being provided with antifriction-rollers 179 at each edge for reducing the friction. The foldingblade 178 is mounted at its ends in a pair of blocks or slides 180, each of which is mounted in horizontalguideways 181, the latter being formed, preferably, in one piece with the casting constituting the bracket 139 and the wall 176, which casting is secured to the main frame by flanges and bolts 182. Each of these slides or blocks 180 is secured to or formed integrally with a cross-bar 183, which is pivoted at its mid-length to an upright lever or arm 184 by means of a short link 185, the arm 181 being pivoted on and supported by a cross-shaft 186, so that when the arm 184 is oscillated, which may be done by means of an eccentric 187 on the main shaft 69 and a connecting-rod 188, the folding knife or blade 178 will strike the doubled paper and wrapper resting against the Wall 176 at about the mid length or height of the paper and force the same through the opening 177. As the doubled paper and wrapper thus come through the opening 177 they are forced by the folding-blade 178 into one of a series of revolving clamps or pockets which alternately come to rest opposite the opening 177, so as to be in coincidence with the blade 178. These clamps or pockets preferably consist of plates 189, secured at their opposite ends to notched wheels or disks 190, mounted upon a shaft 191 and being sufliciently close together to permit the clamps or pockets to pass between the guideways 181. These disks are provided with notches, as shown in Fig. 5, which are formed with one side at a tangent to the disk, so that the plates 189 will be held tangentially.

Each of the plates 189 is provided with a boss 192, and secured to this boss is a flexible plate 193, which yields to permit of the admission of the paper and whenthe knife 178 is withdrawn closes upon the paper and holds it within the clamp or pocket. By thus locating the clamps or pockets tangentially with reference to the disk 190 it will be seen that I am enabled to em ploy eight of the pockets in the same space or radius that four could be employed if the same were arranged radially, and hence I thereby double the capacity of the machine without compelling the series of clamps or pockets to revolve at an objectionable rate of speed.

As soon as the folding-knife 178 is withdrawn from the clamp or pocket opposite the opening 177 a lug 194 on the side of the gear wheel 161 comes into engagement With one of a series of slots or notches 195, formed radially in a disk 196 on the shaft 191, such notches being equal in number to the number of said clamps or pockets employed. By this means a partial rotation is imparted to the shaft 191, the clamp or pocket opposite the opening 17 7 carried upward with the paper therein, and an empty clamp or pocket presented opposite said opening 177 for the reception of another paper, the shaft 191 and the series of pockets carried thereby being held against accidental rotation by the simultaneous engagement of the folding-knife 17 8 and the ejectors 224: in the pockets on opposite sides ofthe shaft.

The end of the wrapper after the foldingknife 178 is withdrawn from the clamp or pocket protrudes from the clamp or pocket V in the manner shown at 197, and when the series is revolved sufiiciently far this lap 197 comes into engagement with the pasting mechanism and receives on its upper side a coat of paste or gum, which is afterward smoothed down into place on the wrapper.

This lap-pasting mechanism consists of a lap support or rest 198, upon which the lap 197 falls in the manner shown in Fig. 5. The upper surface or face of this lap-rest 198 is concaved or countersunk in the manner shown in Fig. 5, and it is also provided throughout the width of the wrapper with an opening 199, into which the lap 197 is depressed by a roller 200, around which a paste -belt 201 passes, the opening 199 being of greater size than the roller 200, so that the lap of the wrapper may be depressed into the opening 199 without causing excessive friction thereon. The purpose of providing the lap-rest with this countersink and opening 199 is to provide for bringing the pastebelt 201 into sufficiently firm cont-act with the lap to insure the application of the paste to the latter without causing such friction or pressure on the lap as to entail the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of the paper and wrapper from the holding clamp or pocket.

The roller 200 is suspended on the bottom of a paste-pot 202, which, in order that it may oscillate to and from the laprest 198, is mounted in oscillatory arms 203, the latter being secured to a shaft 20%, mounted in standards 205. At each eighth of a rotation of the shaft 191 carrying the paper clamps or pockets the paste-pot 202 is caused to move toward the lap-rest 198 and force its roller 200 against the lap. This motion may be accomplished by means of a disk 203, mounted eccentrically on the main shaft 69 and having an eccentric groove 201, in which runs a stud 205, on the end of a crank-arm 206, mounted upon a cross-shaft 207, having connection, through the intermediary of a crank-arm 208, a connecting-rod 209, and a crank-arm 210, with the shaft 204:.

The paste-belt 201 may be supplied with paste from the pot 202 in any desired manner; but this is preferably done by passing the belt 201 in an endless form around a roller 211, mounted at one side of the pot 202, an idle-roller 212, mounted at the other side, and thence under a loose weighted roller 2l3,which depresses the upper fold of the belt in the paste. The roller 211 is provided at the outer end of its shaft with a pulley 214, which is connected by belt 215 with a second pulley 216, mounted loosely upon the shaft 204 or concentric therewith and being driven by a belt 217, passing around a pulley 218 on the intermittently-rotating shaft 191, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.6. Thelap-rest 198 is provided with a vertical wall or shield 2 19, against which the lap rests after it is pulled from under the'roller 200 by the continued downward movement of the paper-holding clamp or pocket, and arranged under this wall or shield 219 is alap-smoothin g device consisting, preferably, of a brush 200, having flexible bristles. These bristles project downwardly upon or into close proximity to a horizontal paper table or support 221, between which and the bristles the paper and wrapper are forced and the lap 197 thereby smoothed back into place by mechanism which I will now describe.

Arranged below and parallel with the guideways 181 and on each side of the machine is a second pair of guideways 222, in each of which runs a block or slide 223, such blocks or slides being arranged sufficiently far apart to pass by the ends of the paper-holding clamps or pockets in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 5. To each of these blocks or slides 223 is secured a pair of ejecting jaws or prongs 224, which, as the blocks or slides 223 move forward toward the brush 220, engage, respectively, with the ends of the paper and wrapper, which latter protrude from the ends of clamps or pockets and carry the paper and wrapper out or partially out of the clamp or pocket and land the same upon the table 221,

opposite or partially under the brush 220.

These slides or blocks 223 are each provided with an operating-rod 225, pivoted thereto at one end and atits other end to an independent arm or lever 226, each of the latter being mounted upon a cross'shaft 227. The crossshaft 227 may be oscillated to impart the desired reciprocating movement to the blocks 223 by means of an eccentric 228, mounted on the drive-shaft 69 and having a connectingrod 229, connecting it with a crank-arm 230. (Shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 and in full lines in Fig. 2.)

The ej ecting-jaws place the paper within the reach of a conveyer having a number of lugs or teeth 231, which travel at the sides of the table 221 and project above the plane of the latter, which is of less width than the length of the folded paper, and consequently the lugs or teeth 231 will catch the ends of the folded paper and carry the latter onward under the brush 197, completing the smoothing operation' and carrying the paper out of the way of the succeeding one. These lugs or teeth 231 are mounted upon endless belts or chains 232, running over sprocket-wheels 233, mounted upon shafts 234 235, the latter being provided with a belt-tightening screw 236 of ordinary construction. (Shown in Fig. 6.) The table 221 is supported upon the main frame by brackets 237. The belts or chains 232 are advanced intermittently or periodically at the proper time by means of a clutch whose member 238 is secured to the shaft 234: and provided with a pivotedlug 239, having a releasing-arm 2 10, which is the same in construction and operation as the clutch described with reference to Figs. 12 and 22. The other member 241 of this clutch consists of a gear-wheel having a fixed lug 242, which engages with the pivoted lug 2 10 in the manner above described with refer-- ence to Figs. 12 and 22, and imparts motion to the shaft 234. The gear-wheel 241 is continuously rotated by a train of gears or pinions 243, connecting it with the gear 161. When the paper has been ejected from the paper-holding clamp or pocket onto the table 221 and the conveying-teeth 231 have con- IIO veyed it past the brush 220, the operation of the conveyer is checked by the arm 240 coming into contact with a trip 244, pivoted at 245 to the main frame and having an arm 246, connected to spring 247, which holds the trip 244 normally in the line of movement of the arm 240. This arm 246 is connected by pin-and-slot connection 248 with a pivoted lever 249, whose other end is arranged to be struck by a pin or lug 250 on the inner face of the gear-wheel 163, whereby the conveyer will be permitted to make an advancing motion at each eighth revolution of the revolving series of paper-holdin g clamps or pockets.

As the papers folded and wrapped proceed along the table or paper-support 221, they pass under an addressing-machine, which clips off the end of an ordinary address strip or sheet bearing the name and address of the l subscriber or addressee and automatically: pastes the same on the outside of the wrap-. This apparatus is illustrated per or paper. in Figs. 18 to 21, inclusive.

251 represents the casing of an apparatus ordinarily known in the art as a Dick machine, and containing a paste-receptacle 252, through which a pair of paste tapes or belts 253 pass, the upper ends of the tapes 253 be-,

a corrugated feed-roller 255.

256 represents the address-strip, which, if desired, may be coiled upon any suitable reel or otherwise held within the casing 251, while its lower end is carried downward between the upper side of the casing and the tapes 253 and emerges at the lower end of the casing under a pressure roller or bar 257, the extremity of the address-strip being projected over a block 258, secured to the casing 251.

The casing 251 is mounted upon a shaft 259, which is journaled insuitable standards 260 and is provided with a crank-arm 261, connected, by means of rod 262, to an eccentric-strap 263,encircling eccentric 264, located on the drive-shaft 69. Pivoted at 265 to the front face of the block 258 is a shearing blade or cutter 266, which has its free end held normally above the address-strip 256 by means of a spring 267, working in a slot 268 in the end of the blade 266. The lower extremity of the blade 266 is provided with an extension 269, having a bifurcation, in which is mounted an antifriction-roller 270, so that when the crank-arm 261 is pulled to the right, causing the forward end of the casing 251 to descend, the antifriction-roller 270 will impin ge upon the folded paper 271, resting upon the table 221 immediately below it, and thus 6ocause the shearing-blade 266 to shear off the end of the address-strip 256, and this shearing-blade 266, being provided with a broad flat face at its under side,will gradually press the clipping against the paper 271 and cause it to adhere, it being understood that the under side of the clipping becomes coated with paste while being fed forward by the paste 1ng guided by suitable rollers 254, while the lower ends of the tapes or bands pass around 7 tapes or belts 253. One end of the feed-roller 255 is provided with a ratchet-wheel 272, while the blade 266 is provided with a flexible arm 273, pivoted thereto, and having a pawl 274 engaging with the ratchet 272, so that when the end of the casing 251 descends, depressing the blade 266, the pawl 27 4 will also descend with reference to the ratchet 272, but when the casin g again rises the pawl 274 will continue to rise after the upward movement of the casing has ceased, and will consequently cause the feed-roller 255 to rotate forwardly and feed another name and address down under the shearing blade 266. The arm 273 is connected to the blade 266 by a pivot 275, so that it may remain in a vertical position while the blade oscillates, and it is held in this vertical position by a pair of guides 276, arranged on either side of it and secured to the block 258, as shown in Figs. 18 and 21. of the address-strip sheet slipping and not feeding forward the proper distance ateach operation, it is previously perforated, as shown at 277, between the names, and the feed-roller 255 is provided with pins or puncturing-points 278, which engage in these perforations.

In order that a name may not be fed forward and clipped off in the event-a folded paper should fail to reach the addressing mechanism, the supporting-table 221 is provided immediately under the antifrictionroller 270 with a cavity 279, which receives the antifriction-roller, and consequently prevents the blade 266 from performing the before-described operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isg 1. A machine for the purpose described having in combination two vertical continuous series of rising supports or platforms, the supports or platforms in one series being arranged opposite those in the other, means for raising said platforms and a trip controlling said means and arranged over the platforms and adapted to be struck by the papers thereon, there being a passage-way between the platforms whereby the latter may pass said trip, substantially as set forth.

2. A machine for the purpose described having in combination two pairs of upright guideways, a shaft journaled at the upper and lower ends of each pair of said guideways,a sprocket-wheel on each end of each of said shafts, a sprocket-chain running over each pair of said sprocket-wheels, brackets pivoted to said chains and having projecting lugs engaging in said guideways, platforms for supporting the papers projecting toward each other from said brackets, means for driving said chains, and means for removing the papers from said platforms as the latter rise,

substantially as set forth. v

3. A machine for the purpose described having in combination an elevator having a In order to prevent any possibility support for the papers, a trip arranged over said support and adapted to be struck by the papers thereon, said support being provided with an opening for passing over said trip, and means for raising said elevator, having a throw-ofi device connected with said trip, substantially as set forth.

4. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a paper-elevating device, ways extending over said elevator, and reciprocating needles mounted on said ways for sliding the papers from said elevator, said elevator being provided with openings whereby it may pass said ways when the papers are removed, substantially as set forth.

5. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a paper-folding device, a pivoted bodily-reciprocating arm carrying needles for engaging with the papers and sliding the same from said holding device, a trip arranged in the path of said arm and adapted to be struck thereby for releasing the needles from the papers, a latch for holding said arm in its released position, and a trip for releasing said latch and allowing said needles to reengage, substantially as set forth.

6. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a paper-holding device, pivoted bell-crank arms carrying needles for engaging with the papers and sliding the same from said holding device, means for reciprocating said arms over the papers, a spring-latch arranged to engage one end of each of said arms, a trip for oscillating each of said arms, and forcing the end thereof into engagement with said latch, and a trip arranged in the line of movement of said latch and adapted to release the same from said arm, substantially as set forth.

7. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a paper-holding device, a bell-crank arm, needles secured in one end of said arm, a latch arranged over the other end of said arm and having a tooth or notch for engaging therewith, means for moving said arm back and forth over the papers, a trip located at one extremity of the move ment of said arm and adapted to be struck thereby for raising the needles out of en gagement with the papers, and a trip at the other extremity of the movement of said arm for engaging under the end of said latch and releasing the same from said arm, substantially as set forth.

8. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a paper-holding device, a guideway extending over said paperholding device, a carriage mounted on said guideway, defiectible needles carried by said carriage and adapted to engage with the papers on said paper-holding device, a rockshaft, a connection between said rock-shaft and carriage whereby the latter is reciprocated on said guideway, a series of tapes upon which said needles convey the paper, and tapes arranged over and parallel with said first tapes and on each side of the line of movement of said carriage, substantially as set forth.

9. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a folding-knife, a slotted table or support for the paper under said knife, a slotted support or table for the Wrapper under said first table or support, and two sets of parallel oppositely-moving tapes over each of said supports respectively for carryin g the paper and the wrapper under the folding-knife said tapes running lengthwise of the folding-knife, substantially as set forth.

10. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a revolving series of tangentially-arranged clamps or pockets for receiving the papers, a folding-knife and an ejector, said folding-knife and ejector being arranged to travel in line with two of said clamps or pockets respectively for respectively forcing the paper into one of said clamps or pockets and ejecting the paper from another, substantially as set forth.

11. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a revolving series of clamps or pockets, means for forcing the papers into said clamps or pockets, a reciprocating ejector having a jaw located at each end of said clamps or pockets and out of the line of movement thereof, substantially as set forth.

12. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a revolving series of clamps or pockets, means for forcing the papers into said clamps or pockets, guideways on each side of said series of clamps or pockets, blocks located in said guideways, and ejecting-jaws secured to each of said blocks for forcing the papers from said clamps or pockets, substantially as set forth.

13. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a revolving series of clamps or pockets, means for forcing the papers into said clamps or pockets, a table arranged opposite said clamps or pockets and adapted to receive the papers therefrom, a lap-smoothing device arranged adjacent to said table, and means for ejecting the papers from said clamps or pockets and forcing them between said table and lap-smoothing device, substantially as set forth.

14. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a revolving series of clamps or pockets, means for forcing the papers into said clamps or pockets, a table or support for receiving the papers from said clamps or pockets, a lap-smoothing device, an ejector for forcing the papers from said clamps or pockets onto said table or support, and a conveyer for carrying the papers between said table or support and lap-smoothing device, substantially as set forth.

15. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a revolving series of clamps or pockets, means for forcing the papers into said clamps or pockets, a support for the papers after leaving said clamps or IOU pockets, a lap-smoothing device having flexible bristles projecting toward said support, and means for ejecting. the papers from said clamps or pockets and forcing them between said support and bristles, substantially as set forth.

16. A machine fort-he purpose described having in combination a revolving series of clamps or pockets, means for forcing the papers into said clamps or pockets, an ejector for forcing the papers from said clamps or pockets, a table located opposite said ejector, a lap-smoothing device arranged over said table, and a conveyor running lengthwise of said table and transversely of said lap-sin 00thing device, substantially as set forth.

17. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a revolving series of clamps or pockets, means for forcing the papers into said clamps or pockets, a support for the papers as they come from said clamps or pockets, a lap-smoothing device arranged adjacent to said support, means for ejecting the papers from said clamps or pockets onto said support, a conveyor for continuing the movement of the papers along said support and between the latter and said lap-smoothing device, and means for imparting an intermittent movement to said conveyer, substantially as set forth.

18. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a folding mechanism having a clamp or pocket for receiving the, papers, a table or support for the papers as they come from the clamp or pocket, a lapsmoothing device arranged over said table or support, a conveyer consisting of 'a belt arranged at each side of said table and having teeth or lugs crossing the ends of said clamp or pocket and projecting above said table, for conveying the papers between said table and lap-smoothing device, substantially as set forth.

19. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a folding mechanism having a movable clamp or pocket for receiving the paper and wrapper, a lap-rest arranged contiguous to the line ofmovement of said clamp or pocket for supporting the lap of the wrapper projecting therefrom, having a countersink, and an oscillatory. pasteapplying device moving to and from said rest, substantially as set forth.

20. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a folding mechanism having a movable clamp or pocket for receiving the paper, a lap-rest having a countersink arranged contiguous to the line of movement of said clamp or pocket, for supporting the lap of the wrapper projecting therefrom, and an oscillatory paste-applying device having a portion smaller than and adapted to enter said countersink, substantially as set forth.

21. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a folding mechanism having a movable clamp or pocket for receiving the paper and wrapper, a lap-rest arstantially as set forth.

22. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a folding mechanism having a movable clamp or pocket for receiv-' ing the paper, a lap-rest for the Wrapper arranged contiguous to the line of movement of said clamp or pocket, a pivoted paste-potarranged over said lap-rest and having a roller for pressing the lap toward said rest, a.

belt running through said paste-pot and over its edges and around said roller, substantially as set forth.

23. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a folding mechanism having a movable clamp or pocket into which the paper and wrapper are forced, a lap-rest for the wrapper arranged contiguous to the line of movement of said clamp or pocket, a pivoted paste-pot arranged over said rest and having a roller for pressing the lap toward the rest, a belt running through said pastepot and around saidroller and a loose weight.- ed roller resting upon said belt within. the pot, substantially as set forth.

24. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a folding mechanism having a movable clamp or pocket for receiv-.

ing the paper and wrapper, a paste-pot, pivoted arms carrying said pot, a roller j ournaled in said pot and having a pulley thereon, a pulley j ournaled concentrically with the pivot:

of said arms and having-connection with said first pulley, a paste-belt running under said 'potand over said roller and dipping into the paste in said pot, means for driving said pulley and oscillating said arms, and a lap-support for the wrapper arranged under said paste-pot, substantially as set forth.

25. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a revolving series of clamps or pockets for receiving the papers and wrappers, a disk connected thereto and having a series of notches equal in number to the number of said clamps or pockets, a driveshaft, a pinion geared to said drive-shaft and havinga lug working in said notches, an ejector for forcing the papers from said clamps or pockets, a lap-smoothing device, a table under said lap-smoothing device, a conveyer having a clutchgeared with said pinion and said clutch having a pivoted arm for throwing its members out of engagement, a trip arranged normally in the path of said arm and a lever for oscillating said trip, said lever having operative connectionwith said.

driving-shaft, substantially as set forth.

26. A machine for the purpose described having in combination a pair of wrapper-cut- 75 tween said smoothingdevice and table, subit 

